Golovin, AK Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Golovin, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on Golovin Lagoon to 180 ft on the north side
Elevation
180 ft 55 m140 ft 40 m110 ft 35 m68 ft 21 m23 ft 7 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 100 ft, bold every 500 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
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City area
Fades everything outside the official city limits (US Census).

Elevation Data

Golovin sits at about 33 ft (10 m) above sea level, the median height of all land inside city limits (too few residents to weight by).

Typical elevation (all land)
33 ft 10 m
few residents
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Golovin Lagoon
Highest
180 ft 55 m
on the north side
Average
42 ft 13 m
all land inside city limits

Golovin spans about 180 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical (all land)
Median of all land; too few residents to weight by
33 ft10 m
Highest point
Inside city limits, on the north side
180 ft55 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Golovin Lagoon
0 ft0 m
Town center
USGS map point for Golovin
46 ft14 m
Average of all land42 ft13 m
Nearest peak
Iknutak Mountain, 7.1 mi southwest of the city limits
1,640 ft500 m

Elevation profile, south to north

2.8 mi south to north through the town center.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Golovin, Alaska, shaded from sea level level on Golovin Lagoon to 180 ft on the north side
City limits (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 40 ft (12 m).
Location
City in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States
Population
167 2024 est.
Land area
4.1 sq mi
Density
40 per sq mi
Coordinates
64.5433° N, 163.0292° W
Time zone
Alaska UTC−9 / −8
Drains to
Norton Sound
ZIP codes 1
99762
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. White Mountain140 ft
  2. Elim60 ft
  3. Koyuk47 ft
  4. Deering38 ft
  5. St. Michael36 ft
  6. Golovin33 ft
  7. Nome33 ft
  8. Unalakleet16 ft
  9. Shaktoolik14 ft
  10. Stebbins12 ft
  11. Kotlik9 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Mount Bendeleben3,730 ft
  • Omilak Mountain2,670 ft
  • Mount Kachauik2,080 ft
  • Mount Kwiniuk2,076 ft
  • Iknutak Mountain1,640 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the median height of all land inside the city limits; too few residents live here to weight by people.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census city limits (TIGER, Jan 1 2026). Much of Alaska's 3DEP comes from airborne radar (IfSAR), good to a few meters.
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −1 ft at 64.5446° N, 163.0140° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: North American Vertical Datum of 1988 (NAVD 88). NGS plans to replace NAVD 88 with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, 2024 population estimates, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.